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Canada
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STAY AWAY from Shop.ca
February 28, 2018

Dont order from this site. Never received item and there is no customer service. Still trying to get my money back after 7 weeks. Will contact local news and negative reviews on all social media. If enough complaints, we can start a class action lawsuit.

Date of experience: February 28, 2018
Canada
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The whole point of this site was supposed to be to offer Canadians a wide range of products online, with convenience & free shipping, something hard to come by north of the border. Unfortunately shop.ca has proved to be nothing but a giant headache for customers. This company does not bother responding to your emails. You have to chase them down to get any response. Terrible service, takes forever to ship (if you get it at all), and nothing but endless hassles and excuses.

Date of experience: January 3, 2018
Canada
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Never have hope for shop.ca
March 22, 2018
Updated review

The website is really a joke. If you leave some review on Sitejabber, they said they would like to turn it around. I know it sounds wonderful, right? But the fact is, they just told you that the supplier cancel the order without the explanation. That means they can handle your order whatever they like, but shop.ca are not responsible and has no willing to solve any problem! Give my refund back! I want to stay away from this website forever!

Date of experience: March 22, 2018

Ridiculous shipping promise
October 25, 2017
Previous review

Don't trust what the website promises on the shipping: Leaves warehouse within X business days! That's totally a joke! Nothing happened since I received the order confirmation email. Order received but disappeared forever!

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Canada
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Only one-time shop on shop.ca in 2015. Then I returned it but get around $250 store credit which can only be used on this website. I tried so many times to buy something next two years. Not succeed. The stuff was so pricey. This year I found my credit gone. Then I know the poor shop.ca was bankrupt and now under a different owner. So I never get back my money. This is totally a joke. The other joke is that the previous CEO of Shop.ca, Drew Green, is now CEO of the online suit retailer indochino. Skip this one.

Date of experience: August 27, 2018
Canada
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After several emails to customer service, they won't return any emails. There is no number to call which should have been a red flag right from the get-go. Forced to dispute the transaction with the credit card company! Hopefully, they will play ball.

Date of experience: February 5, 2018
Canada
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Returned a watch a couple of years ago that had been an Xmas gift for my wife who decided she didn't like it; I was over the 30 day return limit but was told that I'd receive an account credit that would "never expire". I'd been watching the site periodically since then to find something to use the credit for, but each time I tried to order something I was informed that the item was out of stock after the order had been placed. Last week, I went on the site for the first time in awhile and found an item to purchase, but my credit was no longer there. Was informed by customer service that their computer system had been changed and my credit had been lost. I demanded to "speak" to a supervisor (you can't seem to actually reach anyone by phone) and I'm still waiting to hear back. Lots of better shopping websites out there.

Date of experience: March 2, 2018
Canada
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I ordered an arboura week ago. I got a purchase confirmation email immediately. Then few minutes later an email from Route advising it will be doing the fulfillment and delivery for Shop.ca Since that time the tracking on route says "awaiting estimated arrival).

As others have said here, the phone never gets answered. All 4 menu options lead to the same voicemail; saying send an email. I have sent 2 emails to support. But no reply to date.

Come on Shop.ca SMARTEN UP!

Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Canada
2 reviews
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I have a shop.ca gift card I wanted to use for some Christmass shopping. But, there is no way you can do it although there is a place on site to redeem a gift card. When you click on that link nothing happened. I contacted customer service and got a reply after almost a month "Due to the change in management, shop.ca no longer accepts shop.ca gift cards. Sorry for the inconvenience." They also said "We are very excited about this new chapter and assure you that we will continue to provide the premium shopping experience". What a great "premium" experience. This site is a SCAM... STAY AWAY!

Date of experience: January 20, 2018
Canada
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SHOP.ca lost my credits
February 2, 2018

I had a SHOP.ca credit in my account since 11/2015. They say today there is no record of it due to a loss of computer data. The amount is at least $873.04. Two issues. 1. the loss of data without notifying the owner of the information may be a data breach 2. No plan to rectify the issue of lost credits. Seems like theft to me.

Date of experience: February 2, 2018
Vermont
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I had a $500 store credit from shop.ca that has disappeared from my account. Customer service told me there was a site upgrade and that they have no record, nor any way to recover any records, of store credit. I had tried to use this credit in 2016 to purchase items, but even after going through the checkout process, I was later notified that the items were out of stock. So, couldn't use the credit when I did have access to it, then wasn't even notified that the credit would disappear, and now it's gone. STAY AWAY.

Date of experience: March 19, 2018
Canada
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7th week update
January 15, 2018
Updated review

My order for my other half's Christmas gift was given a response today! (quick back story. Ordered a irobot Braava from shop.ca on nov 27-17. They stopped replying mid dec)

Unfortunately Olivia said the pants i order in gray have been canceled, my case was closed as resolved... as noted above i ordered an irobot Braava not a pair of pants...
Not resolved at all!

Pulling my hair out. They haven't refunded me any money yet and haven't updated me on what the hell if going on with this order. Very unprofessional, reported this to BBB and the Canadian internet fraud center.

Date of experience: January 15, 2018

Update
January 2, 2018
Previous review

Happy new year all, it is now Jan 2nd and i have sent out several more plees out to support@shop.ca with not one reply since Dec 15th (not much of a reply, "HI Blaine,

Thank you for reaching out, there was a slight delay in forwarding your order to the supplier due to a tech issue.

Your order is being processed by the supplier and should be shipped soon.

Apologies for the delays and thank you for your patience.")

Still sitting in limbo on this reply.

Date of experience: January 2, 2018

I would love a reply on this...
December 19, 2017
Previous review

Well i ordered an christmas gift for the wife on Nov 27th (i like being ahead of the game) and i waited 10 days or so and it is still being processed. I reached out to service@shop.ca, a couple of times. I was told it would be processed for shipment very shortly. After 22 days waiting and christmas less then a week away, i can get a reply back... if i was told there was an issue at the start, i would have had more than enough time to order it from somewhere else. Now that item is hard to find anywhere... please help me out Shop.ca id love to give you a positive rating.

Date of experience: December 19, 2017
Canada
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I've been waiting 3 months for a fully-paid for gazebo and they don't respond to emails or phone calls to discuss. Luckily I paid through Afterpay and am getting my money refunded. Don't bother with this BS site they take your money — ITS A SCAM

Date of experience: April 21, 2022
Canada
1 review
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FRUSTATED_CONFUSED
January 3, 2018

Placed order Nov 24th 2017 for 1 ESSO $100 Card. Initiated a f/u and Olivia reminded of 10-15 business day requirement (Not EBay/Amazon). Sent f/u on Dec 22nd. Received a confirmation that SHOP.CA would reach out to me within 24-36 business hours. No reply as of Jan 2nd. Handed off the issue to PAYPAL. Received a response indicating that digital gift cards were emailed with the link provided? Unfortunately the Tracking Report continues to indicate that the supplier has neither processed or shipped the gift cards!

Date of experience: January 3, 2018
Canada
1 review
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I ordered 5 books for Christmas gifts and have been waiting for 3 weeks. The website says shipping it takes 3-7 business days. I've telephoned and can't get through, and have emailed with no response. Seems like a scam. Stay AWAY! I am very disappointed that people do this type of thing. It's stealing!

Date of experience: December 13, 2013
Canada
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STAY AWAY!
August 30, 2017

I ordered a case of tennis balls 3 weeks ago, and after chasing them they answered that the order will take 3 or more weeks to deliver. Stay away. They cannot survive as an online site with this performance. Terrible business!

Date of experience: August 30, 2017
ShopCA T. SHOP.CA Rep
over a year old

Hi George,

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please email support@shop.ca with the subject line SiteJabber and your order that was refunded so we can look into it and get back to you with possible compensation for it.

Regards,

SHOP

Canada
1 review
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Horrible company! Everything is over priced and when you leave negative feedback on their Facebook page they delete it immediately. How can you trust a company that does not address issues but hides from them?

Date of experience: February 3, 2017
Canada
1 review
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The website is hit or miss, leaning heavily on the miss. I've ordered 3 items, 2 of which actually arrived (one even had tracking information when it shipped! Wow!)

The last (and final) order I made, the order was pending, showing "Shipping soon" for over a week. Then, without any word from them, they cancelled and refunded the order. I at least didn't have to fight to get my refund, but still, any site which suddenly cancels an order for an in stock item with no warning or explanation is not worth shopping at. You will find better deals elsewhere, so shop elsewhere, this site is just not worth the risk.

Date of experience: December 10, 2013
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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OK, they have good sale prices and periodically offer big rebates through ebates. So far so good. The problem is that they cannot seem to deliver anything on a timely basis. Recently ordered a small appliance. Now 2 weeks in and it is still sitting in "supplier processing" despite the website saying it is in stock and under shipping it says
"Leaves warehouse within 5 business days" Ha ha.
I am worried that they are under capitalized and that they in effect use your money free for a period of time so that they can fulfill other earlier orders. Keeping going in this scenario would depend on them getting new orders. Hopefully it does not all collapse while they have my money although I suppose my credit card company would cover me.

Date of experience: November 21, 2014
Canada
1 review
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They changed and increased the price of an item I wanted to buy at least twice in a 24 hour period and again the following day which ultimately prevented me from making the purchase. When attempting to contact them for an explanation they could not be reached by email, chat or phone in two days, I received automated responses and no follow-up. Most of their price listings are exaggerated retail pricing. I highly recommend you stay away from this company and stick with Amazon and well known brick and mortar stores as they do not seem to have their act together and based on the reviews here I am clearly not alone.

Date of experience: November 9, 2013
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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The worst on-line shopping site I have used. Issues from Paypal checkout to changing passwords to locking my account. Told to change browsers because "Internet Explorer doesn't work with our site"

Avoid the frustration and shop anywhere but here.

Date of experience: January 5, 2015

Overview

SHOP.CA has a rating of 1.8 stars from 220 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SHOP.CA most frequently mention customer service, credit card and gift cards. SHOP.CA ranks 782nd among Electronics sites.

service
44
value
41
shipping
42
returns
27
quality
37